Jamie McGuire was born in the city of Tulsa in the state of Oklahoma. She earned a degree in radiography after attending Northern Oklahoma College, the University of Central Oklahoma, and Autry Technical Center. With the international bestseller Beautiful Disaster, Jamie blazed the road for the New Adult genre. Walking Disaster, her follow-up novel, landed at number one on the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists. Lovely Oblivion, the first of the Maddox Brothers' books, also debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list.

Red Hill, a post-apocalyptic thriller; the Providence series, a young adult paranormal romance trilogy; Apolonia, a dark sci-fi romance; and various novellas, including A Lovely Wedding, Among Monsters: A Red Hill Novella, and Happenstance: A Novella Series, are among Jamie McGuire's works. Jamie, her husband Jeff, and their three children live on a ranch just outside of Enid, Oklahoma. Cattle, six horses, three dogs, and a cat named Rooster share their thirty acres. Jamie may be found on social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Tsu, and Instagram.